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John K Stranlund - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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centralized and decentralized management of local common pool resources in the developing world experimental evidence from fishing communities in colombia
Social Science Research Network, 2006Co-Authors: Maria Alejandra Velez, James J Murphy, John K StranlundAbstract:This article uses experimental data to test for a complementary relationship between formal regulations imposed on a community to conserve a local natural resource and nonbinding verbal agreements to do the same. Our experiments were conducted in the field in three regions of Colombia. Our results suggest that the hypothesis of a complementary relationship between Communication and external regulation is supported for some combinations of regions and regulations but cannot be supported in general. We conclude that the determination of whether formal regulations and Informal Communication are complementary must be made on a community-by-community basis.
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centralized and decentralized management of local common pool resources in the developing world experimental evidence from fishing communities in colombia
Research Papers in Economics, 2006Co-Authors: Maria Alejandra Velez, James J Murphy, John K StranlundAbstract:This paper uses experimental data to test for a complementary relationship between formal regulations imposed on a community to conserve a local natural resource and nonbinding verbal agreements to do the same. Our experiments were conducted in the field in three regions of Colombia. Each group of five subjects played 10 rounds of an open access common pool resource game, and 10 additional rounds under one of five institutions— Communication alone, two external regulations that differed by the level of enforcement, and Communication combined with each of the two regulations. Our results suggest that the hypothesis of a complementary relationship between Communication and external regulation is supported for some combinations of regions and regulations, but cannot be supported in general. We therefore conclude that the determination of whether formal regulations and Informal Communication are complementary must be made on a community-by-community basis.
Susan L Kline - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the influence of Informal Communication on organizational identification and commitment in the context of high intensity telecommuting
The Southern Communication Journal, 2012Co-Authors: Martha J Fay, Susan L KlineAbstract:The relationship between types of Informal coworker Communication and organizational identification and commitment is tested in the context of high-intensity telecommuting. Teleworkers recalled interactions in which they felt included or excluded, and responses were coded for integration of teleworkers' relational and identity aims with organizational goals. Inclusion message level, exclusion message level, and coworker social support predicted teleworkers' level of organizational identification and commitment; collegial talk was weakly associated. The quality of the relationship teleworkers had with the coworker they interacted with the most moderated the effect of exclusion messages on identification and commitment, but the general quality of coworker relationships was not a moderator.
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coworker relationships and Informal Communication in high intensity telecommuting
Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2011Co-Authors: Martha J Fay, Susan L KlineAbstract:Given that high-intensity telecommuters report feeling socially isolated, this study uses structuration and constructivist theories to examine the role of coworker relationships and Informal Communication in the context of high-intensity telecommuting. Teleworkers' organizational commitment, job satisfaction, Informal Communication with peers, and coworker liking were examined. Coworker liking was positively related to teleworkers' Informal Communication satisfaction with coworkers, and with their organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Complaining talk was negatively related to teleworkers' commitment and satisfaction; Informal Communication satisfaction was positively related to organizational commitment. Coworker liking moderated the effect of teleworkers' complaining talk on organizational commitment, but not job satisfaction. The buffering effect of coworker relationships is discussed as a resource for organizational members engaged in high-intensity telecommuting.
Mary Beth Rosson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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designing online tools for Informal Communication balancing information integration and sociality
Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013Co-Authors: Mary Beth RossonAbstract:In studies of computer-supported cooperative work, researchers naturally focus on the tasks that people complete together, so as to create innovative tool designs for task-based collaboration. For instance, emergency response planners may be offered a map-based visual display to coordinate crisis information and resources; a medical team may collaborate through online annotations or edits to an electronic patient record. However, now that social media have blossomed in support of diverse online interaction, we are better positioned to study the role of Informal Communication as an element of collaborative work. More than a decade ago, Bonnie Nardi and her colleagues theorized about the "outeraction" that humans use to establish and maintain the social connections that provide an important backdrop for emergent collaborative goals and activities. Building from such ideas, our research lab has been studying the use of online text Communication to augment or enhance the primary collaboration goals of a group. In this talk I draw from several scenario-based design research projects that have explored how relatively simple text Communication tools might enable two potential benefits of Informal Communication -- the integration of task-relevant information across time, persons and contexts; and feelings of social connections to other group members. After discussing the design lessons learned from these research projects, I conclude with a discussion of more general prospects for enhancing collaborative work with Informal Communication tools.
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Informal workplace Communication what roles can microblogging play in it
ProQuest LLC, 2012Co-Authors: Mary Beth Rosson, Dejin ZhaoAbstract:Informal Communication, e.g., unplanned "water-cooler" conversations, has been suggested to play important roles in collaborative work and organizational innovation. It provides opportunities among employees for exchanging work-relevant information, initiating potential collaboration, maintaining awareness of workplace context; and supports social functions such as transmission of office culture and maintenance of common ground and a feeling of connectedness between co-workers. (Johnson, Donohue, Atkin, & Johnson, 1994; Kraut, Fish, Root, & Chalfonte, 1993; Nardi, 2005; Whittaker, Frohlich, & Daly-Jones, 1994). Even as Computer-Mediated Communication (e.g., through phone, IM, emails) has extended our capability of communicating with colleagues and co-workers across distance and time, people continue to suffer from a lack of Informal Communication in today.s computermediated distributed work, especially with colleagues outside their daily work circles (Perlow, 1999). Researchers and practitioners have been seeking ways to simulate catching-up interactions within the space of computer-mediated Communication. However, the best ways to support Informal Communication among co-workers across walls and geo-locations, still remains as an open and challenging research problem. Microblogs, a relatively new phenomenon, provide a Communication channel for people to broadcast information that they likely would not share otherwise using existing channels such as email, phone, IM, or blogs. Microblogging has become popular quite quickly, raising its potential for serving as a new Informal Communication medium at work, providing a variety of impacts on collaborative work (e.g., enhancing information sharing, building common ground, and sustaining a feeling of connectedness among colleagues). The exploratory research reported in this dissertation aims at first obtaining a baseline understanding of why people choose to microblog and as part of that, to characterize the technology affordances of microblogging. It continues an exploratory research path by exploring the perceived impacts of microblogging as a means for Informal Communication in the workplace, summarizing these observations as opportunities and challenges that are presented by microblogging as an aid to Informal Communication. Scenario-based design (Carroll, 2000; Rosson & Carroll, 2002) is adopted in the final phase of the dissertation, where in I synthesize scenarios, tradeoffs and themes from the field studies and use these to guide the design, prototyping and evaluation of a novel microblogging system GroupBuzz.
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How and Why People Twitter: The Role that Micro-blogging Plays in Informal Communication at Work
The ACM 2009 International Conference on Supporting Group Work, 2009Co-Authors: Dejin Zhao, Mary Beth RossonAbstract:Micro-blogs, a relatively new phenomenon, provide a new com- munication channel for people to broadcast information that they likely would not share otherwise using existing channels (e.g., email, phone, IM, or weblogs). Micro-blogging has become popu- lar quite quickly, raising its potential for serving as a new Informal Communication medium at work, providing a variety of impacts on collaborative work (e.g., enhancing information sharing, build- ing common ground, and sustaining a feeling of connectedness among colleagues). This exploratory research project is aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of how and why people use Twitter – a popular micro-blogging tool - and exploring micro- blog’s potential impacts on Informal Communication at work.
Maria Alejandra Velez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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centralized and decentralized management of local common pool resources in the developing world experimental evidence from fishing communities in colombia
Social Science Research Network, 2006Co-Authors: Maria Alejandra Velez, James J Murphy, John K StranlundAbstract:This article uses experimental data to test for a complementary relationship between formal regulations imposed on a community to conserve a local natural resource and nonbinding verbal agreements to do the same. Our experiments were conducted in the field in three regions of Colombia. Our results suggest that the hypothesis of a complementary relationship between Communication and external regulation is supported for some combinations of regions and regulations but cannot be supported in general. We conclude that the determination of whether formal regulations and Informal Communication are complementary must be made on a community-by-community basis.
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centralized and decentralized management of local common pool resources in the developing world experimental evidence from fishing communities in colombia
Research Papers in Economics, 2006Co-Authors: Maria Alejandra Velez, James J Murphy, John K StranlundAbstract:This paper uses experimental data to test for a complementary relationship between formal regulations imposed on a community to conserve a local natural resource and nonbinding verbal agreements to do the same. Our experiments were conducted in the field in three regions of Colombia. Each group of five subjects played 10 rounds of an open access common pool resource game, and 10 additional rounds under one of five institutions— Communication alone, two external regulations that differed by the level of enforcement, and Communication combined with each of the two regulations. Our results suggest that the hypothesis of a complementary relationship between Communication and external regulation is supported for some combinations of regions and regulations, but cannot be supported in general. We therefore conclude that the determination of whether formal regulations and Informal Communication are complementary must be made on a community-by-community basis.
Martha J Fay - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the influence of Informal Communication on organizational identification and commitment in the context of high intensity telecommuting
The Southern Communication Journal, 2012Co-Authors: Martha J Fay, Susan L KlineAbstract:The relationship between types of Informal coworker Communication and organizational identification and commitment is tested in the context of high-intensity telecommuting. Teleworkers recalled interactions in which they felt included or excluded, and responses were coded for integration of teleworkers' relational and identity aims with organizational goals. Inclusion message level, exclusion message level, and coworker social support predicted teleworkers' level of organizational identification and commitment; collegial talk was weakly associated. The quality of the relationship teleworkers had with the coworker they interacted with the most moderated the effect of exclusion messages on identification and commitment, but the general quality of coworker relationships was not a moderator.
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Informal Communication of co workers a thematic analysis of messages
Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal, 2011Co-Authors: Martha J FayAbstract:Purpose – Although Informal Communication at work has been shown to serve important functions of sociality, little is known about the messages that comprise routine, everyday interaction. The purpose of this paper is to examine two different Informal interactions between 100 remote employees and their central office peers to determine the kinds of messages used in Informal interaction using thematic analysis.Design/methodology/approach – Teleworkers recalled Informal interactions with central office peers; interactions were coded using constructivist methodology, then collapsed into dominant themes using a constant comparison approach. Patterns in responses were then related to a literature‐based (constructivist) analysis of how Informal Communication functions.Findings – Five key themes were identified: personal disclosure, sociality, support giving and getting, commiserating/complaining, and business updates and exchanges. These Informal workplace interactions also reflected underlying dimensions of per...
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coworker relationships and Informal Communication in high intensity telecommuting
Journal of Applied Communication Research, 2011Co-Authors: Martha J Fay, Susan L KlineAbstract:Given that high-intensity telecommuters report feeling socially isolated, this study uses structuration and constructivist theories to examine the role of coworker relationships and Informal Communication in the context of high-intensity telecommuting. Teleworkers' organizational commitment, job satisfaction, Informal Communication with peers, and coworker liking were examined. Coworker liking was positively related to teleworkers' Informal Communication satisfaction with coworkers, and with their organizational commitment and job satisfaction. Complaining talk was negatively related to teleworkers' commitment and satisfaction; Informal Communication satisfaction was positively related to organizational commitment. Coworker liking moderated the effect of teleworkers' complaining talk on organizational commitment, but not job satisfaction. The buffering effect of coworker relationships is discussed as a resource for organizational members engaged in high-intensity telecommuting.